Tomic is fascinating to watch live. It truly seems like he does not care at all and then all of a sudden he is winning, and it makes no sense how he did it.

Also his punchy forehand is crazy. I wish I could hit with him just to see the action on it.

I have to see Klahn..has to happen..I love that guys game from watching his college matches..also Sock as well. Really like to watch them and also Harrison. Maybe just because Im trying to find a favorite player. Agassi is the last guy I truly had emotion for when he won or lost. My problem is that I like Fed, Nadal, Djoker..Ill root for Murray even..I have no player that I get bummed out for when they lose.

Actually stopped watching tennis completely for years after Agassi retired. That is how sick I was about the whole thing. To this day, IMO he is the greatest player to watch play. I was lucky enough to see him play live in his prime when I was a kid.

Watching Sock now. Dude is goating with his huge serve. Seems like he gets so much power and spin on his first. Thats a nasty combo. His groundies are big too. Just shows some of the advantages I am seeing of this low tension poly..he strings at 38, which is super low.

It's kind of like watching Fed with the low tension Gut poly..you can see the ball just slingshot over with bigtime spin on it.

It helps me a lot on backhands..if I get pulled out wide I can still flick the ball back deep and keep my opponent from approaching on me..on the forehand side I can take it DTL with a flick if he approaches behind a big shot.

Negatives are if you like to swing super hard and flat..you will not like this setup..it will be an UE fest.

Watching Sock now. Dude is goating with his huge serve. Seems like he gets so much power and spin on his first. Thats a nasty combo. His groundies are big too. Just shows some of the advantages I am seeing of this low tension poly..he strings at 38, which is super low.

It's kind of like watching Fed with the low tension Gut poly..you can see the ball just slingshot over with bigtime spin on it.

It helps me a lot on backhands..if I get pulled out wide I can still flick the ball back deep and keep my opponent from approaching on me..on the forehand side I can take it DTL with a flick if he approaches behind a big shot.

Negatives are if you like to swing super hard and flat..you will not like this setup..it will be an UE fest.

Really interesting posts you write Power Player enjoying reading them so much! regarding Jack Sock and his tension i think he is a really good example of the modern players and low low tensions, 38 is just inzane! The most extreme low tension I have seen is 26 lbsin Fillippo Volandri's prestige racket using Luxilon BBO but when i see him play i understand why he uses it because he just feeds on the opponent's pace and win that way so for him it works great!
Cheers
Brage

I find the low tensions work better in a stick more oriented towards control. Basically eradicates the need for a tweener's power since you can unload with poly even in the 40s, but the ball will be a lot heavier. Sock's serves were super heavy coming off the court, and so were his forehands.

Not sure if they would be as heavy if he strung tight because he hits with a ton of spin. So this is definitely for guys like me that hit their best with a lot of spin on the ball. The good news is that you don't just have to loop everything. I am able to flatten out deep drives too.

You can accomplish this type of racquet setup with gut poly at 55 or less or full poly at 45 or less.

JackB, I thought I had you hooked up today. The sale rack at my store had Volkl 315s brand new for $75.

Upon closer insepction it is the Volkl Tour Team - pretty similar PJ, but not the same stick.

They also have the Yonex ti80s just sitting there..so tempting, but I just wouldn't really be able to use them.

That's OK, I have 2 now. That's enough for me.

I have to say though, the new Dunlop 3.0 sounds VERY interesting
I played with the 4D 300 tour for over a year and loved it, but do better with open patterns. The 3.0 with some lead should be nice. I like how they made the hoop shape more round now.

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Yeah I like it and then I dont because the mold of the 300 is legendary and I hate to see it go. It is the same mold that Blake, Verdasco, and some others goat under different brands. They may still release it under the Classic brand, which would be pretty cool.

My biggest issue with the 300 was lack of power, but I probably did not mod it well enough. I should have just polarized it more or something. I went to that right after the 200 became too heavy due to my wrist injury so it was probably the wrong time for me to be judging it.

The Dunlop AG or 4d 300 is the closest thing to a pro stock frame you can buy in terms of customization and nice soft feel.

I did not use the tour because I wanted an open pattern.

EDIT : I misstyped - the 300 TOUR is the pro mold that blake still uses. He looked great last night.

strung at 52/56 and felt boardy at first. after few minutes felt better and started nailing spots all over the court. slice bh floats a little at times but think that's an player adjustment coming from the 4D100. will try 52/54 next time.

stringing mains and crosses at same tension. not getting that hugging feeling.

I find the low tensions work better in a stick more oriented towards control. Basically eradicates the need for a tweener's power since you can unload with poly even in the 40s, but the ball will be a lot heavier. Sock's serves were super heavy coming off the court, and so were his forehands.

Not sure if they would be as heavy if he strung tight because he hits with a ton of spin. So this is definitely for guys like me that hit their best with a lot of spin on the ball. The good news is that you don't just have to loop everything. I am able to flatten out deep drives too.

You can accomplish this type of racquet setup with gut poly at 55 or less or full poly at 45 or less.

I will definietly try this out in my racket! i have just gotten myself a stringing machine so now i have a chance to try more setups without it costing a lot!
Thinking about Kirchebaum pro line 2 or volkl cyclone at 45-42 so thanks again for another nice post!
Cheers
Brage

Oh and Ross... I passed my 33rd birthday on the island of Paxos this year and Capt.Raymond (my friend from London) treated me to a rollie-pollie-gram!

Don't know if the Brits still enjoy such traditions but this particular woman worked for the CID in london and has various 'side-jobs' on the island during the summer. Austerity measures do have their benefits in certain regards.

Any chance Captain Raymond and the ¨rollie-pollie-gram¨could be dispatched promptly to the Balearic Islands and Menorca?... CID training?... various side-jobs?... hmm, could be put to some good purpose, I dare say...

RHS,

Page 500 ... wow, who would have thought this random selection of tennis bum musings would have given birth to this colossus of racketaholic thought and debate?

Klahn is making a lot of mistakes but I absolutely love his strokes. Love how he hits really big and through the ball with heavy spin. Looks like he is using the 18x20 Speed that Head claims Djoker uses. I dont see lead. Not sure his status..is he PJ worthy?

In other news, I can grab a yy 97 tour demo, but I am not sure I want to. Think I will pass. It is stiffer, and heavier than my 200, so I really just do not have the interest.

I do have the urge to track down a 300T, just because I have a Pro Open to trade, so I will probably do that. Watching Blake last night had me fired up. I play so well with the yy200 that the 300T will probably sit in my closet, but it would be rather easy to spec match to my 200s, and while I read so many people chasing the dragon with PT57s..etc, there is a very worthy racquet you can buy brand new for $100 in the 300T that has that classic mold like the 630 that players just can't stop using.

I am racquetaholicing backwards. Not into the new Dunnys, the new YYs are too stiff, not really wanting anything since the 200 strung properly has made tennis surprisingly easy. I could just buy new yy200s every now and then and have an old 300t for 18x20 reminiscing and have 2 of the better flexy racquets offered in the past 5 years.

The thing about these low 60s RA sticks is when you try a newer racquet demo it just feels like crap..at least to me. Even the Juice Pro that people seem to like the feel of just does not match the plushy comfort of the Rdis..for me at least.

Klahn is making a lot of mistakes but I absolutely love his strokes. Love how he hits really big and through the ball with heavy spin. Looks like he is using the 18x20 Speed that Head claims Djoker uses. I dont see lead. Not sure his status..is he PJ worthy?

In other news, I can grab a yy 97 tour demo, but I am not sure I want to. Think I will pass. It is stiffer, and heavier than my 200, so I really just do not have the interest.

I do have the urge to track down a 300T, just because I have a Pro Open to trade, so I will probably do that. Watching Blake last night had me fired up. I play so well with the yy200 that the 300T will probably sit in my closet, but it would be rather easy to spec match to my 200s, and while I read so many people chasing the dragon with PT57s..etc, there is a very worthy racquet you can buy brand new for $100 in the 300T that has that classic mold like the 630 that players just can't stop using.

I am racquetaholicing backwards. Not into the new Dunnys, the new YYs are too stiff, not really wanting anything since the 200 strung properly has made tennis surprisingly easy. I could just buy new yy200s every now and then and have an old 300t for 18x20 reminiscing and have 2 of the better flexy racquets offered in the past 5 years.

The thing about these low 60s RA sticks is when you try a newer racquet demo it just feels like crap..at least to me. Even the Juice Pro that people seem to like the feel of just does not match the plushy comfort of the Rdis..for me at least.

PP, haha, I do know what you mean... actually I think you´ve given a name to what will prove the latest trend... racketaholicing backwards!

I hope it is a trend. I feel kind of like a drug dealer always telling X guy to try Y racquet but I feel like I know what you guys like by now.

I'd mail a 4d (NOT BIO) 300T to Gads because I think it is the Head Prestige MP he is looking for, except it is cheaper. I went back and read my prior experiences with it and saw my mistake - I had leather on it so I couldnt really lead it right without making it too heavy. What I'd suggest to this racquet is simple

Get it to 339. This is the magic weight. Don't use a leather grip..stay stock or synthetic.

First factor in a 5 gram OG and 2 Gram Damp - now it's 327grams strung.

Then get 4 6 inch strips (1/4 inch) of lead starting at 10-2. This livens up the upper hoop and will add roughly 14 SW points. I had mine measured and thanks to me documenting it, I know the 300T is actually swinging at a 307 SW and feels like a fly swatter with leather since the balance goes to crap and the head has no beef in it w/out lead.

So now we have a SW of 320.

Then have some fun..shove a cotton ball in the handle and add 6 grams of silicone to that bad boy.

Now you will have a 339 gram stick with a 320ish SW that balances at 6 pts (5 grams from OG should knock it there).

While everyone else is spending way too much cash on 630s and searching for the grail, Gads will be goating like a wildesbeat using $99 brand new sticks that feel better than Jeff Blake's "Donnays".

Klahn is making a lot of mistakes but I absolutely love his strokes. Love how he hits really big and through the ball with heavy spin. Looks like he is using the 18x20 Speed that Head claims Djoker uses. I dont see lead. Not sure his status..is he PJ worthy?

In other news, I can grab a yy 97 tour demo, but I am not sure I want to. Think I will pass. It is stiffer, and heavier than my 200, so I really just do not have the interest.

I do have the urge to track down a 300T, just because I have a Pro Open to trade, so I will probably do that. Watching Blake last night had me fired up. I play so well with the yy200 that the 300T will probably sit in my closet, but it would be rather easy to spec match to my 200s, and while I read so many people chasing the dragon with PT57s..etc, there is a very worthy racquet you can buy brand new for $100 in the 300T that has that classic mold like the 630 that players just can't stop using.

I am racquetaholicing backwards. Not into the new Dunnys, the new YYs are too stiff, not really wanting anything since the 200 strung properly has made tennis surprisingly easy. I could just buy new yy200s every now and then and have an old 300t for 18x20 reminiscing and have 2 of the better flexy racquets offered in the past 5 years.

The thing about these low 60s RA sticks is when you try a newer racquet demo it just feels like crap..at least to me. Even the Juice Pro that people seem to like the feel of just does not match the plushy comfort of the Rdis..for me at least.

300 Tour could be a good closed-pattern complement, weight and feel wise, to the rdis. Lighter, softer frame but could drive more of a straight ball.

And re: Klahn, would be interesting to see, indeed, if he switched from the Prestige or whether they gave him a head speed pj over it. I'm not even sure if Klahn is actually officially sponsored -- I spoke to someone familiar with Klahn's situation a month or so back in L.A. and he said Klahn, as of then, was still looking for sponsorship help.

I hope it is a trend. I feel kind of like a drug dealer always telling X guy to try Y racquet but I feel like I know what you guys like by now.

I'd mail a 4d (NOT BIO) 300T to Gads because I think it is the Head Prestige MP he is looking for, except it is cheaper. I went back and read my prior experiences with it and saw my mistake - I had leather on it so I couldnt really lead it right without making it too heavy. What I'd suggest to this racquet is simple

Get it to 339. This is the magic weight. Don't use a leather grip..stay stock or synthetic.

First factor in a 5 gram OG and 2 Gram Damp - now it's 327grams strung.

Then get 4 6 inch strips (1/4 inch) of lead starting at 10-2. This livens up the upper hoop and will add roughly 14 SW points. I had mine measured and thanks to me documenting it, I know the 300T is actually swinging at a 307 SW and feels like a fly swatter with leather since the balance goes to crap and the head has no beef in it w/out lead.

So now we have a SW of 320.

Then have some fun..shove a cotton ball in the handle and add 6 grams of silicone to that bad boy.

Now you will have a 339 gram stick with a 320ish SW that balances at 6 pts (5 grams from OG should knock it there).

While everyone else is spending way too much cash on 630s and searching for the grail, Gads will be goating like a wildesbeat using $99 brand new sticks that feel better than Jeff Blake's "Donnays".

Ha! Nice. What's interesting is I've never gotten along with Dunlops, but the only two I've tried for more than one session were the 200Light and the recent Mac 200. Saw the specs of the upcoming 3.0 Tour in tennis magazine and now on TW and it intrigued me (any closed pattern frame intrigues me)..

If I can get one for cheap or in a trade ill do it and give a full report. I already know it will goat. It is a pro mold frame that is what blake and Hass use..etc. Not the same layup, but the feel of these dunlop frames is absolutely awesome. It is a fusion of Wilson solid meets Yonex Mute meets Head Plush kind of thing.

The 4D series absolutely slaughters any Bio or later frame. the 200 light was not good. I would never touch a Dunlop frame past the 4d series, but I played those frames for a very pleasurable year of my life. The first forehand winner you hit and the first backhand slice will change your life.

I could easily say it is better than any head prestige I have used besides the 600 mid and feel very confident in that assesment.